What is the name of the mountain that has the highest point in Australia?
The mountain with the highest peak on mainland Australia is generally recognised to be Mt Kosciuszko. There is still some debate about whether explorer Paul de Strzelecki named the highest mountain Kosciuszko or whether Mt Townsend was the higher, as his instrumentation was not completely accurate. There is some slight evidence to suggest that the map-makers assigned the alternate names to the mountains, and that Mt Townsend should in fact be called Kosciuszko and vice versa.
